The lexicographer Kory Stamper’s new book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, is an eloquent defense of a “live and let live” approach to English. Well, you know what they say about ...

‘The’ is the most commonly used word in English. ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet and is called a pangram. Most average adult English speakers ...

While it may take some time and fine-tuning to get used to the new grammar checker, Microsoft is on the path to making the feature useful for any style of writing. In one of my more recent posts, I ...

In this video, you will learn common marker words for the most used English tenses. Get a $1 Grammar memo “Learn Tenses Once ...

Most of the people who read this column do so because they enjoy learning about grammar, usage and style. Like me, they actually find the stuff interesting and useful. But now that I think about it: ...

The most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch. ‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t ...

The plaque commemorating pitcher Greg Maddux’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this week testifies that he is the “only hurler with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts and less than 1,000 walks.” If ...

Even smart people make stupid mistakes in their writing. Sometimes it's laziness or impatience; sometimes they're genuinely confused. Using data from millions of its subscribers, Microsoft recently ...

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These old English words have been around since before people started writing history. They remind us where our language came from and show how words can last through time while the world keeps ...